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Message:: [QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1865793, member: 5233"]I agree with you 100% I don't think there is anything wrong with this view.  I actually feel the same way, every coin I buy I look at without looking at the holder.  If you know what you are looking for, you can find some gems in lower tier holders.  But, they are the exception...not the rule. I personally like PCGS and NGC.  But, it's not because I put my faith in the label above my own eyes.  When I buy a slabbed coin, I still evaluate the coin exactly the same way.  However, I do a lot of my buying online these days...and you can't see everything perfectly in photos on a computer screen.  If I'm not buying from a highly respected dealer, I like knowing that the coin has been evaluated by a group who is held in high regard and considered experts in the field (PCGS or NGC).  It makes me more comfortable buying a coin not in hand. However, one of my views that makes me a little unique here at CT is that I do believe a slabbed coin is worth more than an identical raw coin...sort of.  I understand that a group of experts have evaluated the coin and their expert opinion of the coin does add security to the piece...and there is some value to that.  Is the coin in the slab worth more...no.  But, the package of the coin with that expert opinion is worth more than the coin alone.  That is the value of the top tier TPGs and the market has shown that.[/QUOTE]